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This book examines the U.S. Constitution by focusing on its origins in Western political thought and its organization and subsequent amendments. It describes the document as a series of choices among alternative governmental institutions that are designed to provide national security and secure ordered liberty.
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Index
“a person’s home is a person’s castle,” 127
abortion rights, 135
Abraham, Henry J., 125
accusatorial system, 125, 132
“actual malice,” 120
Adams, John, 58, 61
affirmative action programs, 145
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 93
all-white primaries, 150
Amar, Akhil Reed, 83
appellate jurisdiction, 80
aristocracy, 4
Aristotle, 2, 4–5
Articles of Confederation, 11, 16, 24
Articles of Constitution, 23, 42
assembly, peaceable, 120
association, right of, 120
bail, 133
Baker v. Carr (1962), 144
balanced budget proposals, 47, 151
bankruptcy, 49–50
Barron v. Baltimore (1833), 112
Bethel v. Frazer (1986), 118
Bible reading in schools, 115
bicameralism, 1, 24
Bill of Rights. See also specific amendments
definition of rights, 110–11
impetus for, 109–10
nature of rights, 111
what governments does it limit, 112–14
what kinds of rights does it protect, 114
bills of attainder, 46
Bingham, John, 112
Black, Hugo, 113
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), 117–18
British Parliament, 24–5
Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 144
Burke, Edmund, 12
Burnwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014), 116
Burr, Aaron, 61
Bush v. Gore (2000), 82
Calhoun, John C., 58, 93
capital punishment, 133–4
capitalism. See free market economy
capitation taxes, 46
Cardozo, Benjamin, 113
Carter, Jimmy, 69
“cases and controversies,” 79
censure of members of Congress, 33
certiorari, writ of, 80
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), 119
checks and balances, 7–8
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), 52
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago (1897), 113
Chief Justice of the United ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- One Institutional Choices and the Preamble: It’s a Real-World Document, Not a Utopian Blueprint
- Two The Legislative Branch: It’s a Congress, Not a Parliament
- Three The Executive Branch: It’s Headed by an Accountable Elected Official, Not a King or a Dictator
- Four The Judicial Branch: It’s a Group of Lawyers, Not Platonic Guardians
- Five The Nation and the States: The Arrangement Is Federal, Not Confederal or Unitary
- Six The Constitutional Amending Process: It’s Difficult because It’s Designed to Preserve the Constitution as Fundamental Law
- Seven The Bill of Rights and Freedom of Belief and Expression: They Provide for Liberty, Not License
- Eight The Bill of Rights, the Right to Security, and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted: They Protect the Guilty in Order to Protect the Innocent
- Nine Equality and the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments: It’s an Equality of Opportunity, Not a Guarantee of Equal Results
- Postscript: A Time for Reflection
- Glossary
- The Constitution of the United States
- Index